Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
- 제32권2호
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- Pages.155-158
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- 2015
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- 2799-8010(eISSN)
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A late onset solitary mediastinal cystic lymphangioma in a 66-year-old woman who underwent kidney transplantation
- Lee, Jung Mo (Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Chest Diseases) ;
- Lee, Sang Hoon (Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Chest Diseases) ;
- Park, Youngmok (Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Chest Diseases) ;
- Kim, Chi Young (Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Chest Diseases) ;
- Goag, Eun Kyoung (Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Chest Diseases) ;
- Lee, Eun Hye (Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Chest Diseases) ;
- Park, Ji Eun (Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Chest Diseases) ;
- Lee, Chang Young (Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
- Kim, Se Kyu (Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Chest Diseases)
- 투고 : 2015.06.15
- 심사 : 2015.08.21
- 발행 : 2015.12.31
초록
Lymphangioma is a congenital abnormality of the lymphatic system detected primarily in early childhood. There are rare reports of mediastinal lymphangioma in older adults. We hereby report on a 66-year-old female patient who underwent kidney transplantation 20 years previously and who developed pathologically confirmed solitary mediastinal lymphangioma 1 year ago. Chest radiography showed a mediastinal nodule, which was not observed 2 year previously, therefore she was referred to the pulmonary division. She had no symptoms, and chest computed tomography demonstrated a 25-mm, well-defined, low-density nodule located at the anterior mediastinum. The size of the nodule had increased from 25 mm to 34 mm 1 year later, and it was completely resected via video-assisted thoracic surgery. The histological diagnosis was cystic lymphangioma. Therefore, we recommend that clinicians consider cystic lymphangioma as a possible diagnosis even in older patients with a mediastinal cystic mass that shows progressive enlargement.